Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [verb] [indef pn] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must have said something about being in reasonably , good health despite a rather dismal daily round of commuting to Charing Cross and a crawl by bus up the King 's Road to the appropriately named World 's End pub , but that I was more tormented at that time with a clash of affections with two young ladies . |
| 2 | ‘ Right , I 'll start doing something about supper now , but I 'll carry you back to bed first . ’ |
| 3 | I 'll have to do something about him but you know how I hate scenes . ’ |
| 4 | If I 'd seen what was happening , had n't been quite so involved in my work , I could have done something about it before it was too late . ’ |
| 5 | I 'd love to read something about Beefheart again — for me he is still just about the only person who has been described as a genius in your august organ who might just be one . |
| 6 | And however much I hated the idea , sooner or later I would have to tell somebody about it — Toby , perhaps either the truth or a lie I would have to tell , because I could n't any longer pretend it was nobody 's business but mine . |
| 7 | Although the hot dog is making so much noise , I shall endeavour to say something about the structure in Wales . |
| 8 | You must have meant something about this |
| 9 | You must have learnt something about this in recent months ? ’ |
| 10 | You must have read plenty about that sort of thing in the papers these days . |
| 11 | There are people who come from from different cultures amongst this hundred who might want to say something about erm , wedding ceremonies . |
| 12 | the problem is that you 've actually got inequalities being promoted in , in the meantime which you have , you might want to do something about . |
| 13 | Well this is the area that you 'll have to do something about is the if you 're gon na knock it into the Winter Gardens this is the area that knocks into the Winter Gardens . |
| 14 | No , I say she 'll er she 'll have to do something about it cos Mick said well , he just said to me no he said well what can she do ? |
| 15 | Somebody in authority would have known that he was married though , but , probably not anybody who could have done anything about preventing another one . |
| 16 | Well that 's a perfectly good monicker up to the age of about nine , but pretty soon you 'd have to do something about it , would n't you ? |
| 17 | I do n't even drink he 's the sort of guy who 'd want to know anything about this . |
| 18 | She would have to do something about her face now . |
| 19 | Katherine made a brief expression of annoyance ; this was the third time Lumley had requested fresh stock — she would have to do something about it , and him . |
| 20 | She would have to do something about her hair . |
| 21 | Now , of those sixty five who would like to say something about their experience , whether it 's , it 's present or past ? |
| 22 | Recognize anger and see how destructive it is to you and to others around you , including those who love you and whom you love , Then you will want to do something about it . |
| 23 | ‘ The goalscoring situation is uppermost in our minds and we may have to do something about that . |
| 24 | — ‘ If there is a Taig , ’ he said , ‘ you realise we 'll have to do something about it . ’ |
| 25 | Oh dear , we 'll have to do something about this . |
| 26 | We 'll need to do something about that . |
| 27 | Well I think much as I welcome the university proceeding down the road that it is , erm I have a very , very strong feeling that change is going to come from the bottom up , and I think that it 'll come from the bottom up in those colleges , like New College , who have got an increasingly large number of women fellows who feel that , you know , there 's safety in numbers and we can start to do something about it . |
| 28 | Well , yes they may want to do something about it , but they may be just too scared to give any details which would lead to something being done about it , I mean things can be done about it , but only if the child wants them done . |
| 29 | At least they might have learned something about attitude , which John McEnroe believes to be the root cause of Britain 's tennis predicament . |
| 30 | If they did n't like it , they would have done something about it long ago . |